Biscuit Picture Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Before starting an inboard petrol engine, you notice a strong fuel smell. What should you do?
Start the engine promptly so its heat evaporates the fuel vapour.
Test the battery and switches to see whether the smell becomes stronger.
Close the engine compartment tightly to keep vapour away from passengers.
Do not start the engine; avoid ignition sources, ventilate appropriately and find and correct the leak.
2. While operating a power-driven boat, you see another power-driven vessel crossing from your starboard side, and collision risk exists. What should you generally do?
Maintain speed because vessels approaching from starboard must always stop.
Turn to port and cross closely ahead of the other vessel.
Keep out of the way, acting early and avoiding a close crossing ahead.
Sound a distress signal and wait for the other operator to respond.
3. A small fire starts in the engine area while the boat is underway. Which response is most appropriate?
Open the engine cover fully at once to inspect the flames more closely.
Alert everyone, have flotation ready or worn, stop fuel and engine if safe, use the correct extinguisher without feeding the fire, and call for help.
Keep travelling at speed so airflow blows the flames away from the boat.
Pour water into the engine area before checking whether fuel or electrics are involved.
4. How can alcohol affect a boat operator even before obvious intoxication?
It improves confidence and night vision while reducing motion sickness.
It mainly affects balance on land and has little influence when the operator is seated.
It can impair judgment, coordination and reaction time, with sun, wind and motion adding to fatigue.
It affects passengers more strongly than the person controlling the boat.
5. At anchor, fixed objects ashore begin shifting steadily relative to your boat, suggesting the anchor is dragging toward danger. What is the best response?
Start the engine if safe, protect everyone with flotation, move clear of danger and reset or relocate the anchor.
Wait for the anchor alarm to sound a second time before preparing to act.
Pay out every available length of line and leave the engine off regardless of conditions.
Move everyone to the bow so their weight forces the anchor deeper.
6. The forecast suggests thunderstorms may reach your route during the planned return. What is the most prudent response before leaving?
Depart as planned but travel faster so the trip takes less time.
Delay, shorten or cancel the trip, and reassess using reliable weather information.
Proceed because forecasts do not matter until thunder can be heard.
Follow another boat so its operator can make the weather decisions.
7. Someone falls overboard from a moving boat. What should the crew do immediately?
Shout the alert, keep the person continuously in sight, throw flotation and begin a controlled recovery.
Send another passenger into the water to provide direct assistance.
Continue ahead until there is enough room to make a high-speed turn.
Reverse sharply toward the person before alerting anyone else.
8. Two power-driven vessels meet nearly head-on with a risk of collision. What action is generally expected?
Both maintain course and wait until one vessel is clearly closer.
Both alter course to port so they pass starboard-to-starboard.
The faster vessel stops while the slower vessel chooses either side.
Both alter course to starboard so they pass port-to-port.
9. A power-driven vessel is overtaking another vessel from behind in open water. Which vessel generally has the duty to keep clear?
The vessel being overtaken, because it has the clearer forward view.
The vessel closest to the port side of the channel.
The larger vessel, regardless of which one is overtaking.
The overtaking vessel, until it is finally past and clear.
10. Fog suddenly reduces visibility around your boat. Which response best reflects safe operation?
Increase speed to spend less time in the fog and follow the wake ahead.
Stop displaying navigation lights because their reflections can distract other operators.
Proceed at a safe speed, post an effective lookout, show required lights and use applicable sound signals.
Steer toward engine noise so nearby vessels can see you sooner.
11. On a vessel, what do the red and green sidelights identify?
Red identifies a sailing vessel and green identifies a power-driven vessel.
Red marks the stern and green marks the bow.
Red marks the vessel’s port side and green marks its starboard side.
Red indicates a vessel at anchor and green indicates one making way.
12. Which spoken radio call indicates grave and imminent danger requiring immediate assistance?
Pan-Pan
Mayday
Sécurité
Stand by
13. A person wearing a lifejacket is alone in cold water and cannot immediately reach safety. Which action best helps reduce heat loss?
Remove the lifejacket to make swimming movements easier.
Swim continuously toward the horizon even if rescue is expected nearby.
Stretch the arms and legs wide to expose more clothing to the sun.
Keep the lifejacket on, limit unnecessary movement and use a heat-conserving posture when possible.
14. A passenger near an enclosed engine space develops headache, dizziness and nausea, and carbon monoxide may be present. What should you do?
Move everyone to fresh air, stop the suspected source if safe, and seek urgent medical help.
Open one small window but continue the trip at the same speed.
Have the passenger lie down in the enclosed cabin until the symptoms pass.
Offer food and water first because carbon monoxide has a distinctive warning smell.
15. Your wake is rocking a nearby small fishing boat and could endanger its occupants. What should you do?
Reduce speed early and operate so your wake does not create danger, while retaining safe control.
Maintain speed because the smaller boat must turn directly into every wake.
Accelerate so the wake becomes narrower before it reaches the other boat.
Move closer to the fishing boat so it crosses the wake sooner.
16. Before departure, what is the best general rule for personal flotation devices aboard a recreational boat?
Carry one adult-size device for every two people because passengers can share in an emergency.
Carry a properly fitting, serviceable approved device for every person and know when local rules require it to be worn.
Carry flotation devices only when travelling beyond sheltered water.
Rely on throwable cushions whenever the boat has high sides and a boarding ladder.